The opening of the Harvard Semitic Museum today is an event on which the University may well congratulate itself. Such collections as have been brought together mean not only the better equipment of an important department of study, with enlarged facilities for all who give special attention to Semitic history and languages. They mean also new opportunities for inquisitive minds to gain in the most agreeable manner a conception of the meaning of the term "Semitic;" to become at least superficially acquainted with some of the master pieces of Semitic art; and, by means of the art and other products, to enter somewhat into the mystery of that power whereby the Semites won their distinguished place in human history.
Jacob H. Schiff, Esq., the generous founder of the Semitic Museum, may be assured of the sincere gratitude of the University.
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